A1: WANGARATTA went within a whisker of causing another upset on Saturday, going down by just three shots to top side Corowa RSL at Corowa. Buoyed by last week’s away heroics, Wangaratta matched it with the home side all the way, and even held a winnable lead with just eight ends to go but the home side proved too good in the end. Laurie McDonald, Mark Allan, Greg Braden, and Graeme Smith set the tone with a strong (22-15) win, while Trevor Selwood’s rink lost a close game (13-17) and Phil Davern lost (13-21). Maurie Braden, Rho Smith, Norm Bussell and Gerry Brown won their rink (18-16) but unfortunately for the visitors Braden narrowly missed a conversion shot with the last bowl of the last end to force a draw, however, the last two weeks have seen a dramatic improvement in Wangaratta's form which they will be hoping to carry into the New Year. Final scores: Wangaratta 4 pts 66 shots lost to Corowa RSL 14 pts 69 shots. A4: Wangaratta went down to Corowa RSL at home on Saturday. Terry Corrigan, Barry Watt, Michael Howard and Ric Chivers were the only winning rink for the home side (23-17), while Terry Johnson, Brian Godfrey, Richard Hermassoo and Mick Mackow drew (17-all). Losses to Richie Allan’s rink (18-24) and Peter Selwood’s rink (14-24) saw the home side go down by 10 shots overall. Final scores: Wangaratta 3 pts 72 shots lost to Corowa RSL 15 pts 82 shots. A5: Wangaratta lost at home to visitors Yackandandah at Wangaratta on Saturday. Lyn Kahlefeldt, Sussan Singleton, John Knight and Graeme Bull (23-14) were big winners for the home side, but losses to Graeme Norman (16-30) and Ken Essenhigh (11-33) consigned Wangaratta to an overall loss. Final scores: Wangaratta 2 pts 50 shots lost to Yackandandah 12 pts 77 shots. B1: Wangaratta was no match for home side St James on Saturday. Heather Coyle, Rob Worthington, Lance Jenkin and Tiger Bussell only just went down (15-18), while Nev Jones (12-25) and Klaus Kazenwadel (12-17) went down also. Scores: Wang 0 pts 39 shots lost to St James 14 pts 60 shots. Round 11 in all divisions will start back on January 18 next year.
